Caught my eye: a Slate article juxtaposing Republican governor of New Jersey Chris Christie's comments regarding evacuation before the hurricane with his comments around health care reform, with a reference to the "free-rider problem" (*cough* Stone's chapter on Interests *cough*) for good measure.
"Hurricanes and health care are different in many ways, of course... But in both cases, the question is whether you should be allowed to make your own choices when the cost of bailing you out will fall on others. If the state has no business forcing you to buy health insurance, even when the premiums are subsidized, why should it be empowered to order you out of your home in a storm, just to save your skin?"
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/frame_game/2012/10/hurricane_sandy_why_does_chris_christie_think_it_s_selfish_to_ignore_evacuation.html
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